6 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



in the front of the Station, where trains and passengers were 

 continually moving by ; here a brood was reared in 1900. 

 and the birds built again in the following year, and succeeded 

 in again rearing young (op. cit. 1900, pp. 164, 240, and 1901, 

 p. 352). The late Canon J. C. Atkinson of Danby, gave 

 an instance in the Zoologist (1875, p. 4456), of a Thrush's 

 nest lined like that of a Blackbird. 



A variety obtained in Holderness had the markings normal, 

 but the general colour of a " rusty-buff or yellowish sandy 

 hue throughout " (op. cit. 1877, p. 256) ; and in the Burton 

 Agnes collection there is a similarly coloured example shot 

 by Sir H. Boynton at Barmston, in 1876. 



The local names are not many or varied Throlly, Throstle, 

 Thrushie, and Mavis being the only ones in use. 



REDWING. 

 Turdus iliacus (/-). 



Regular winter visitant, but variable in numbers ; generally arrives 

 from early in October to the end of November. 



The earliest mention of this species, as a Yorkshire bird, 

 appears to be in 1791, in the Allan MS. in connection with 

 the Tunstall Museum, where it is stated that Wind Thrush is 

 a name given to the bird in this county. (" Fox's Synopsis," 



p. 6 3 .) 



Thomas Allis, in 1844, wrote : 



Turdus iliacus. Redwing Frequent in winter. 



Though there are not a few records of parties of Redwings 

 arriving in the county during the latter days of September. 

 the early part or middle of the following month must be 

 regarded as the usual date for its advent ; many appear 

 in October and in November, along with Fieldfares ; later 

 in the year, owing to adverse climatic conditions, emigra- 

 tions take place in December and in January. On the 7th 



